Even if you’re not handy, there are certain universal projects that just about everyone tackles at some point in their lives, like hanging a towel rack or a shelf on the wall. And trying to hang stuff on your walls leads to a crucial lesson: Drywall absolutely sucks when it comes to supporting weight. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/B7IyUjc ...

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Joy Behar offered a surprising defense of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after the Republican claimed she was “attacked” in a restaurant over her politics. Greene took to Twitter on Monday night to claim she was “attacked” by a woman and her adult son while dining in a restaurant. “They had no respect for the restaurant or the staff or the other people...

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Sometimes an old piece of glassware or plant pot simply needs a refresh, or you might have a thrifted item that doesn’t quite go with your decor. Refinishing can be a hassle, especially with ceramic and glassware—but there’s a way to use a bucket of water and some paint to make your old things look fresh again, with a… Read more... from Lifehacker...

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Bill Maher and Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld sat down for an in-depth discussion on life, careers and their former party days. For the Sunday edition of Maher’s podcast Club Random, Gutfeld joined the comedian at his studio bar. And in typical Maher fashion, the two smoked a joint to help the conversation flow. Gutfeld discussed a hilarious encounter at an airport bar...

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AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Scott Adams announced on Monday that a “non-Dilbert book” was cancelled and he was dropped by his publishing agent in the wake of racism accusations over a rant where he encouraged White people to “get the hell away from Black people.” The Dilbert comic strip was dropped last week by hundreds of newspapers, many of which condemned Adams’ comments....

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the federal initiative designed to help low-income Americans access more food—received a temporary boost in response to COVID-19 that is set to end on March 1. These pandemic-era SNAP benefits, known as emergency allotments (EA), are set to expire in 32 states, the… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/Qxn2ClO ...

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It’s practically part of the job description for college basketball coaches to express their displeasure with referees — but this particular dispute got intense. In the closing moments of Saturday afternoon’s Iowa-Michigan State game, Iowa head coach Fran McCaffrey protested a technical foul he’d just been slapped with by walking down referee Kelly Pfiefer, and then staring angrily at him. “What is happening...

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A Fox News host said the network is not allowing him to cover the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion voting systems. Speaking at the midway point of his weekly media roundup show MediaBuzz on Sunday, Howard Kurtz said that the company has forbidden him from covering the case. He added that he is not on board with that...

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Famed whistleblower, activist, and advocate Erin Brockovich said Friday that President Joe Biden and his administration are trying to hide something about the East Palestine train derailment disaster, but won’t get away with it because the evidence is apparent. “You’re not gonna gaslight me,” she said. Brockovich has been on the ground in East Palestine talking to citizens concerned about their safety, listening...

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams went viral this week, but it wasn’t for his workplace comedy comic strip. Instead, it was over comments he made recommending White people “get the hell away from Black people.” On the Wednesday episode of Real Coffee with Scott Adams, the Dilbert creator – who has gained attention in recent years for his books and musings on Donald Trump...

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Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman agreed with SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah that “of course” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is “trying to sustain white supremacy” with his stances on race in education. On Friday’s edition of The Dean Obeidallah Show, the host asked Bowman about the governor’s support for laws and policies that restrict race-based conversation and analysis in education, and Bowman expanded greatly on the host’s assessment that...

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In ongoing efforts to combat inflation, the Federal Reserve announced early February that it’s raising interest rates by 0.25% up to a target range 4.5 to 4.75%. This is the eighth meeting in a row to result in increased rates, and the Fed says they expect to continue rising. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/pJtRCYE ...

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Texas senator and part-time podcaster Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted support for Ukraine from Democrats and compared the Ukrainian flag to a Covid mask. During the Wednesday edition of his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, the Republican sat down with his co-host Ben Ferguson to talk about President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Ukraine marking one year since the Russian invasion began. In the...

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It seemed like streaming services started with a revolutionary idea—only paying for what you want and cutting out the rest. It worked for a while, but now it seems to have come full circle, with some services like Netflix turning their attention to an ads revenue strategy to sustain themselves. Peacock—which you can… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/deNCDY9 ...

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate just got a bit cheaper—at least for a month. For a limited time, you can get a month of Xbox’s online games and Xbox Live for 84% off: CD Keys is selling digital codes 84% off from their usual $15 price. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/ZKigPoR ...

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Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh became emotional as he testified about how he supposedly found the bodies of his wife and son, who he has been accused of killing. Murdaugh took the stand in his own defense on Thursday as he remains charged for the 2021 shooting deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. After an intense first round of questions and...

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Keeping tabs on the TV shows you watch can be a chore—there are so many streaming services to balance these days that it becomes a mess trying to keep up with new series. While film fans have Letterboxd to track the movies they watch, there hasn’t been a similar solution for tracking TV. That is, until Marathon. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/kQ3i45j ...

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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Donald Trump took to Truth Social to fume over the “media tour” underway by Emily Kohrs, the grand jury foreperson in a 20202 election probe involving the former president. Kohrs has spoken to multiple media outlets about her experience on the Georgia grand jury, hinting that multiple indictments could be in the works, potentially for Trump himself too. Trump...

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The longer you go without weeding through your unnecessary and outdated apps, the more they’ll pile up. And while you can delete these apps one by one, it gets old fast. Deleting apps in bulk is the way to go, especially when you have a different app do all the deleting for you. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/R9hLy2p ...

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You should be using two-factor authentication (2FA) with each and every one of your accounts that allows it. You probably already do for at least some accounts, and it probably pisses you off from time to time. Every time you try to log in, you need to find your phone, check the code they texted you, and enter it to… Read more... from...

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President Joe Biden, during a speech from Warsaw, applauded Ukraine’s resilience and condemned Vladimir Putin’s aggression on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country. The president spoke from Poland a day after his surprise visit to Kyiv where he pledged more U.S. support for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “One year ago, the world was bracing for the...

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There’s little that makes me more anxious than speaking on a telephone with a human being, so believe me when I tell you that this advice comes from a place of love: It’s worth it to call the hotel before booking a room online. You could save yourself a lot of money and even a bit of heartache. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/iXzYU2A...

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Utah State Senator Nate Blouin (D) blasted NBA on TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley for calling Salt Lake City a “boring ass city.” During Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game broadcast, Barkley and O’Neal thought Utah’s capital was too quiet for them to go out during the night, and the two Hall of Fame players did not mince words about the city and...

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Whoopi Goldberg took the lead on The View Monday as the panel held an interesting conversation about whether age should be a point of qualification among America’s political officials. The show kicked the week off by talking about Nikki Haley and others who’ve called for a “new generation” of leaders to emerge. Goldberg has not been impressed with Haley declaring her run for...

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Your parents learned how to handle money in a different time. A far-off time when it was for more realistic to buy a home, a car or even, you know, eggs. Even when your parents mean well, their money wisdom might be, at best, holding you back and, at worst, doing harm to your financial health. Last week we asked you… Read more......

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AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Fox News has issued a new court filing arguing that Dominion Voting Systems lacks evidence to establish their claim to $1.6 billion in damages over the network’s proliferation of 2020 election conspiracy theories. Reuters reports that Fox News filed a counterclaim in Delaware Superior Court, a new step in the network’s legal battle against Dominion’s defamation case. In the counterclaim,...

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AP Photo/Alex Brandon The White House, on Sunday, condemned late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for having “ushered in one of the most shameful periods in American history.” Yet — as Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was reminded when she shared the White House statement on Twitter — President Joe Biden has honored FDR by hanging his portrait prominently in the Oval Office. In the...

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed to have no concerns regarding his testimony for the investigation into the attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviewed Graham on Sunday for This Week, where the senator largely discussed the dynamics between the U.S., China, and Russia amid recent events. Towards the...

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Fox News’s Sunday morning show MediaBuzz — which highlights the week’s biggest news from the media world — chose to ignore the dominant story in the cable news world Hosted by Howard Kurtz, this Sunday’s edition of the hour-long program opted not to cover the bombshell revelations involving Fox News and many of its personalities and executives — which were made public in...

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Republican 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley had very little to offer when asked to explain what distinguishes her from Donald Trump as they run against each other for the same office. Shannon Bream interviewed Haley on Sunday, during which, the Fox News host brought up the Wall Street Journal editorial board’s questions about Haley’s candidacy. The board released an article last week that...

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Vice President Kamala Harris made news by announcing a formal U.S. finding that Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in the war on Ukraine being waged at Vladimir Putin’s direction. The vice president delivered a speech Saturday in Munich, Germany during the Munich Security Conference, where she ripped Putin and revealed that “we have examined the evidence” and “The United States has formally determined...

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Senior Adviser to Never-Trump group The Lincoln Project Tara Setmayer attacked former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as just another in a long line of Republican “tokens” over her campaign launch video and speech. Haley announced her candidacy for president Tuesday with a bio-heavy campaign video that noted Haley’s upbringing in a segregated city by Indian immigrant parents, while also criticizing her political opponents for...

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